CTET 2018 Paper 1 with Answer Keys (Mathematics)

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CTET Previous Year Question Papers with Answer Key (2018–2025)

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Q.31. The assessment of what children learn in mathematics in primary classes should not focus on—

1. understanding of the mathematical concepts
2. development of mathematical language
3. preciseness in answering mathematics problems
4. development of reasoning skills

Correct Answer: (3)

Q.32. What sequence of the following instructions should be followed in development of a mathematical concept in elementary classes?

I. Drawing pictures
II. Using symbolic representation
III. Providing experiences
IV. Explaining through language

1. IV, III, I, II
2. III, IV, I, II
3. IV, III, II, I
4. III, I, II, IV

Correct Answer: (2)

Q.33. A child subtracted two numbers as shown below :

\[ \begin{aligned} 83\\ -27\\ \hline 64 \end{aligned} \]

Which one of the following statements gives idea about the child’s learning of subtraction?

1. The child has misconceptions about place value in the process of subtraction.
2. The child does not know how to subtract.
3. The child knows the process of subtraction of two-digit numbers.
4. It is a mistake and it can be rectified by repeated practice.

Correct Answer: (1)

Q.34. Arrange the following steps of cycle of learning and assessment in order :

I. Teaching-learning integrated with assessment
II. Planning and organization of teaching-learning and assessment
III. Developing progress reports
IV. Reporting and communicating feedback of children’s learning and progress

1. II, I, III, IV
2. I, II, IV, III
3. IV, I, II, III
4. II, IV, I, III

Correct Answer: (1)

Q.35. Why are Roman numerals not commonly used in writing numbers like the Hindu-Arabic numerals?

1. The Roman numerals do not employ place value, so calculations are difficult to perform using these numerals.
2. Roman numerals are difficult to remember.
3. The formation of numbers using Roman numerals is a complicated task.
4. Children get confused with the English alphabet and Roman numerals.

Correct Answer: (1)

Q.36. A teacher encourages the children in her class to explain the physical properties of the objects around them in their own words.

What is the most appropriate objective of the teacher to do such an activity with her students?

1. It is a very interesting activity which can be performed in the free time for revisiting the concept of shapes.
2. Children enjoy explaining the objects in their own language like they enjoy playing dumb charades.
3. It makes the children observe the physical properties of an object informally which deepens their understanding about shapes.
4. It is a useful activity which introduces a child to the shapes.

Correct Answer: (3)

Q.37. The mathematics used by illiterate shopkeeper—

1. is not useful in the mathematics classroom
2. is very useful in solving all mathematical problems
3. has ambiguity and very low level of correctness in it
4. should be discussed by the teachers in classrooms as an alternate strategy in solving related problems

Correct Answer: (4)

Q.38. How should a teacher handle a heterogeneous group of children in a mathematics classroom?

1. By grouping the children of same ability together and giving them questions according to their ability
2. By grouping all children together in the same classroom
3. By grouping the children of different abilities together so that they can learn from each other
4. By doing questions according to low ability children in the class and giving the complex questions as home assignments to higher ability children

Correct Answer: (3)

Q.39. The learning outcomes in mathematics are developed—

1. such that children may be told small steps for calculations
2. to increase the achievement of children in various educational surveys
3. to define classwise competencies and skills to be achieved by children
4. to prepare children for year-end examinations

Correct Answer: (3)

Q.40. Which one of the following happenings in the classroom is an activity?

1. Teacher explaining how to do sums
2. Children reciting counting in form of rhymes
3. Children copying from blackboard
4. Children engaged in exploration

Correct Answer: (4)

Q.41. To develop skill of counting among children, which one of the following is not required to be learned as pre-number concept?

1. One to one correspondence
2. Seriation
3. Reciting number names randomly
4. Creating groups

Correct Answer: (3)

Q.42. On asking a child “What is area?”, he/she answered length × breadth.

What can you say about the child’s understanding about the concept of area?

1. The child has no idea about the concept of area.
2. The child used the area of rectangle as general idea of area of any closed shape.
3. The child is right in saying area is length × breadth.
4. The child is confused between the concept of area and perimeter.

Correct Answer: (2)

Q.43. Which one of the following statements is true with respect to mathematics learning?

1. Mathematics is a difficult subject to learn.
2. Generally girls are weaker in mathematics.
3. Everybody can learn mathematics.
4. Mathematics can only be learnt by rigorous practice.

Correct Answer: (3)

Q.44. To teach the Pythagoras theorem, a teacher has distributed a sheet on which four right-angled triangles were drawn and asks the child to find the relationship between the sides of a triangle.

In the above situation, the teacher used—

1. inductive method
2. deductive method
3. lecture method
4. laboratory method

Correct Answer: (1)

Q.45. Which one of the following statements is not true about ‘concept maps’?

1. Concept maps represent a collection of interconnected concepts and links connecting them.
2. Concept maps should be constructed by teachers only.
3. Concept maps are hierarchical in nature.
4. Concept maps help in linking prior knowledge to new instruction.

Correct Answer: (2)

Q.46. \(\dfrac{2}{3} + \dfrac{4}{5}\) is—

1. \(\dfrac{6}{8}\)
2. \(1\dfrac{6}{15}\)
3. \(1\dfrac{7}{15}\)
4. \(\dfrac{8}{15}\)

Correct Answer: (3)

Q.47. For the given shapes, which one of the following statements is not correct?

1. All are parallelograms.
2. One of them is not a parallelogram.
3. Two of them are rhombuses.
4. Two of them are rectangles.

Correct Answer: (2)

Q.48. Which one of the following represents the number ‘eleven thousand eleven hundred eleven’?

1. 111111
2. 12111
3. 11000110011
4. XIXIXI

Correct Answer: (2)

Q.49. The points A and B represent numbers on a number line as shown below :

The distance between the points A and B is—

1. 29000 units
2. 84000 units
3. 22 units
4. 22000 units

Correct Answer: (4)

Q.50. How many packets of \( \dfrac{1}{16} \) kg sugar can be made from \(3\dfrac{1}{4}\) kg of sugar?

1. 52
2. 48
3. 12
4. 64

Correct Answer: (1)

Q.51. Harish started his journey at 18 : 40 and finished at 22 : 20.

The time taken in completing the journey is—

1. 3 hours 40 minutes
2. 3 hours 80 minutes
3. 4 hours 40 minutes
4. 3 hours 20 minutes

Correct Answer: (1)

Q.52. A bucket of capacity 2000 mL is to be filled by using containers measuring 200 mL and 300 mL.

Which one of the following combinations of containers is not correct for filling the bucket completely by the containers of 200 mL and 300 mL respectively?

1. 1, 6
2. 4, 4
3. 7, 2
4. 6, 3

Correct Answer: (4)

Q.53. Which one of the following is the best approximation of \(\dfrac{7.1\times3.85}{9.09}\)?

1. \(\dfrac{7\times 3}{9}\)
2. \(\dfrac{7\times 4}{9}\)
3. \(\dfrac{7\times 4}{10}\)
4. \(\dfrac{7\times 3}{10}\)

Correct Answer: (2)

Q.54. If one small square in the grid is of area 4 sq. units, what is the perimeter of the rectangle drawn on the grid?

1. 32 units
2. 8 units
3. 24 units
4. 12 units

Correct Answer: (3)

Q.55. A child scored 75 marks in each of five subjects.

What is the median marks obtained by the child?

1. 75
2. 375
3. 15
4. 70

Correct Answer: (1)

Q.56. Which one of the following can be folded to form the given solid?

Correct Answer: (2)

Q.57. If Red part in the following pie chart is 40, what is White part?

1. 5
2. 10
3. 12
4. 20

Correct Answer: (2)

Q.58. Observe the following solid shape :

Correct Answer: (1)

Q.59. Which one of the following costs more?

I. 200 packets of ₹250 each
II. 20 dozens of ₹250 each item

1. I
2. II
3. Both I and II are equal
4. Cannot be calculated

Correct Answer: (2)

Q.60. The sum of \(1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + \cdots\) to even number of terms is—

1. zero
2. 1
3. −1
4. 2

Correct Answer: (1)